Rhetoric, Education and Local Identity in 11th-13th Centuries’ Byzantium

• Published in: Херсонесский сборник
• Date: 2012
• Main Author: Khvalkov, Ye.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Кримський філіал Інституту археології НАН України 2012
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/173038
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Rhetoric, Education and Local Identity in 11th-13th Centuries’ Byzantium / Ye. Khvalkov // Херсонесский сборник. — 2012. — Вип. 17. — С. 209-214. — Бібліогр.: 6 назв. — англ.

In the twelfth century, rhetoric was one of the dominant elements of the Byzantine intellectual culture, and rhetorical education was an important lift for social mobility. The flourishing of rhetoric was associated with the social rise of the urban middle class, and that part of the Byzantine nobil...